[120] Words in ( ) inserted by Cruice from Josephus from whose § 6 this section is taken.
[121] σύνταγμα, volumen ad usum fidelium, Cruice, “treatise,” Macmahon.
[122] This, too, is almost verbatim from Josephus, op. cit., II, 8, 7; but it is to be noted that Hippolytus omits the obligation to preserve the books of the sect and the names of the angels.
[123] Cf. Josephus, op. cit., § 8.
[124] Like the Egyptian turria, an axe with its blade at right angles to instead of in a line with the shaft. Much used for digging.
[125] This section also is taken from Josephus, op. cit., II, 8, 9. Hippolytus omits to say that the blasphemers of Moses were to be punished capitally. The refusal to get out of bed is not mentioned by Josephus.
[126] τὴν ἄσκησιν, lit., “training,” as for a gymnastic competition. Cf. our word “ascetic.”
[127] Josephus, op. cit., § 10, says that the sect and not their teaching was fourfold. He transfers the story of pollution by touch to the attitude of the seniors towards the juniors, and knows nothing of the gate story. The Zealots, according to him (op. cit., VII, 8, 1) grew up under the Sicarii, who defended Masada against the Romans in Vespasian’s time. The rest of this section corresponds with his Book II, 8, 10.
[128] In this section, Hippolytus leaves Josephus, except as to the Islands of the Blessed and the Essene gift of prophecy, both of which are to be found in Josephus, op. cit., II, 8, 11, 12.
[129] Josephus (op. cit., II, 8, 13), almost verbatim through the whole section.